Overview
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Critically Endangered |
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Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in Afrikaans:
Tristangrootalbatros, Tristangrootalbatros (-Malmok)
Common Names in Czech:
Albatros Tristansk
Common Names in Dutch:
Tristanalbatros
Common Names in English:
Tristan Albatross
Common Names in French:
Albatros De Tristan
Common Names in German:
Tristan Albatros
Common Names in Latin:
Diomedea dabbenena
Common Names in Portuguese:
Albatroz-De-Trist
Common Names in Portuguese (Brazil):
Albatroz-De-Trist
Description
Habitat
Biome: Marine .
Ecology:
Behaviour It is a colonial
, biennially breeding species. Adults
return in November and December, lay
in January and the chicks fledge
in November. Immature
birds begin returning to their breeding colony
at 3-7 years after fledging. Most D. dabbenena recruit
in
their natal
colony
, at a mean age of 10 years (range
4-20 years)26.
The oldest recorded bird was at least 38 years old27.
It catches prey
by surface-seizing, and the prevalence of a bioluminescent
group of cephalopods
in one dietary study suggests that D. dabbenena
often feed
at night26. During the breeding
season
the length
and range of foraging
trips
varies considerably,
depending on the stage of the breeding cycle17,19.
Habitat
Breeding It nests
at 400-700 m
(rarely to 300
m)13, primarily in wet heath
where it is open enough
for take-off and landings. Diet
It feeds on cephalopods and
fish3, and probably follows ships and trawlers
for offal
and galley refuse.
[1].
List of Habitats:
- 3 Shrubland
- 3.4 Shrubland - Temperate
- 9 Marine Neritic
- 9.1 Marine Neritic - Pelagic
- 9.2 Marine Neritic - Subtidal Rock and Rocky Reefs
- 9.3 Marine Neritic - Subtidal Loose Rock/pebble/gravel
- 9.4 Marine Neritic - Subtidal Sandy
- 9.5 Marine Neritic - Subtidal Sandy-Mud
- 9.7 Marine Neritic - Macroalgal/Kelp
- 9.9 Marine Neritic - Seagrass (Submerged)
- 10 Marine Oceanic
- 10.1 Marine Oceanic - Epipelagic (0-200m)
- 10.2 Marine Oceanic - Mesopelagic (200-1000m) [more info]
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Aves
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- Subclass:
Avialae
()
- Gauthier, 1986
- Infraclass:
Aves
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
- Cohort:
Neognathae
()
- Pycraft, 1900
- Superorder:
Procellariimorphae
()
- Fürbringer, 1888
- Order:
Procellariiformes
()
- (Fürbringer, 1888)
- Suborder:
Procellarae
()
- Gadow, 1893
- Superfamily:
Procellarioidea
()
- Fürbringer, 1888
- Family:
Diomedeidae
()
- G.R. Gray, 1840
- Genus:
Diomedea
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Specific name:
dabbenena
- Mathews, 1929
- Scientific name: - Diomedea dabbenena Mathews, 1929
- Specific name:
dabbenena
- Mathews, 1929
- Genus:
Diomedea
(
- Family:
Diomedeidae
(
- Superfamily:
Procellarioidea
(
- Suborder:
Procellarae
(
- Order:
Procellariiformes
(
- Superorder:
Procellariimorphae
(
- Cohort:
Neognathae
(
- Infraclass:
Aves
(
- Subclass:
Avialae
(
- Class:
Aves
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Similar Species
Members of the genus Diomedea
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 24 species and subspecies in this genus:
D. albatrus (Short-Tailed Albatross) · D. amsterdamensis (Amsterdam Island Albatross) · D. antipodensis (Antipodean Albatross) · D. bulleri (Buller's Albatross) · D. bulleri bulleri (Buller's Albatross) · D. cauta (White-Capped Albatross) · D. cauta cauta (Shy Albatross) · D. cauta salvini (Shy Albatross) · D. chlororhynchos (Yellow-Nosed Albatross) · D. chrysostoma (Flat-Billed Albatross) · D. dabbenena (Tristan Albatross) · D. epomophora (Northern Royal Albatross) · D. epomophora epomophora (Southern Royal Albatross) · D. exulans (Cape Wandering Albatross) · D. exulans exulans (Wandering Albatross) · D. gibsoni (Gibson's Albatross) · D. immutabilis (White Gooney Bird) · D. irrorata (Galapagos Albatross) · D. melanophris (Black-Browed Albatross) · D. melanophris impavida (Black-Browed Albatross) · D. melanophris melanophris (Black-Browed Albatross) · D. nigripes (Hawaiian Black-Footed Albatross) · D. palpebrata (Light-Mantled Albatross) · D. sanfordi (Northern Royal Albatross)
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Further Reading
- Catalogue of birds of the Americas and the adjacent islands in Field Museum of Natural History. Charles E. Hellmayr, Boardman Conover. 13 1948 Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History, 1948. url p. 42.
Notes
Contributors
- BirdLife International 2010. Diomedea dabbenena. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 31January2012.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 1569215
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13541277
- IUCN ID: 205409
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1026142
Footnotes
- BirdLife International 2010. Diomedea dabbenena. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 31 January 2012. [back]
